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Production:
Greek A Factory
Proprietor of factory:
Marsveld, Pieter Janz van
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Pale buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The vase has a pear-shaped body laterally compressed and moulded on the front with a rococo-scrolled panel with a grotesque mask and ring at the bottom. This rests against the upper part of the oval base which is concave underneath. The upper part of the panel is decorated with a a flying bird and Chinese-style flowering plants, and the lower part with two ducks on a blue ground. The panel is edged by a blue line and with projecting sprigs of foliage and at the top has covered urn. The back of the vase is decorated with a spray of foliage with three stems, and there is a line around the edge of the base and sprays of foliage on either side of the ring at the base of the panel. The underside is marked with 'A' underlined over 'DVMV'.
History note: Purchased in 1893 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 10 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early
Circa
1796
CE
-
1811
CE
The mark indicates that the vase was made during the period when the Greek A Factory was directed by Pieter Janz van Marsveld, 1796-1811. In 1786 he had married Petronella, the widow of the previous owner, Jan van den Biel (d. 1783), and after her death in 1794, ran it with her daughter until 1796 when he became sole proprietor until 1811.
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colour
( blue derived from cobalt)
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
Moulding : Pale buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in blue
Accession number: C.2422-1928
Primary reference Number: 73496
Old object number: 172
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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